Nancy A. Carnevale Grant for Teachers of MLLs (Pre K-12)
Nancy Carnevale, M.Ed., a National Board Certified Teacher of English as New Language (ENL) invested her 38-year career in supporting urban ELLs and their families. She exemplified the “can-do” philosophy. She serves as a model of best practices in urban education for ELLs. A lifelong advocate for children, she took every opportunity to acquire the latest ELL teaching practices so that she could promote success for her students in every way possible. She is honored for her passion, her love for and unwavering dedication to her students, her collaborative nature and for her clarity of vision that teaching is most successful when you “teach from the heart.”
The Nancy A. Carnevale Grant will be awarded to classroom teachers who exemplify Nancy’s life and career. The $500 award may only be used to fund a project which meets the following criteria. Please see links below for more information and rubric.
Nominations open soon!
Past Winners
Kerri Valentine- 2025
Central Falls High School
Central Falls, RI
Paula McKenna- 2024
Tolman High School
Pawtucket, RI
Adam Hogue- 2022
Pothier-Citizens' Memorial Elementary School
Woonsocket, RI
Angie Hartley- 2021
Gladstone Street School
Cranston, RI
“I love teaching multilingual learners because I love learning and they teach me so much!”